Fajada Butte is a butte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwest New Mexico.
Fajada Butte (Banded Butte) rises 135 meters above the canyon floor. Although there is no water source on the butte, there are ruins of small cliff dwellings in the higher regions of the butte. Analysis of fragments of pottery found on Fajada show that these structures were used between the 10th to 13th centuries.[3]
Diagram showing the location of the sun daggers on the petroglyph on various days
The remains of a 95-meter-high, 230-meter-long ramp are evident on the southwestern face of the butte (Ford 1993, p. 478). The magnitude of this building project, without an apparent utilitarian purpose, indicates that Fajada Butte may have had considerable ceremonial importance for the Chacoan people.
FajadaButte is a butte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwest New Mexico. FajadaButte (Banded Butte) rises 135 meters above the canyon...
Historical Park located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Surrounding FajadaButte, it consists of a conspicuous gap penetrating the Chacra Mesa, which...
interactions with petroglyphs. A widely known example is the Sun Dagger of FajadaButte at which a glint of sunlight passes over a spiral petroglyph. The location...
archaeoastronomy at Chaco has been proposed, with the "Sun Dagger" petroglyph at FajadaButte a popular example. Many Chacoan buildings may have been aligned to capture...
"rediscovered" the astronomical marker site known as the Sun Dagger on FajadaButte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Research has indicated this...
archaeoastronomy at Chaco has been proposed, with the Sun Dagger petroglyph at FajadaButte a popular example. Many Chacoan buildings may have been aligned to capture...
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orientations, meridian alignment, inter-pueblo alignments The 3-Slab Site atop FajadaButte in Chaco Canyon, which marks the solstices. Chimney Rock Archaeological...
territory of its members. Next to the cliffs is a valley, and then the FajadaButte. On one side of this hill is a huge ramp that connects to a place where...
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